We’re charging headlong into a future filled with one-way mirrors behind which the rich spy on the poor, and the strong on the weak. Last week Wikileaks–remember them?–released a sheaf of do... Read more
“The Guardian’s Open 20: fighters for internet freedom” Rickard Falkvinge – Founder, the Pirate party Falkvinge founded the Swedish Pirate party in 2006 to focus on reforming copyrigh... Read more
The transparency grenade is going to blow you away If you thought Wikileaks was a disruptive idea, the transparency grenade is going to blow you away. This tiny bit of hardware hidden under... Read more
A shake-up in the hacker underground and fresh attacks suggest change is coming to computer security AN 18-YEAR-OLD with 16 computers in a small house in the Shetland Islands: that is where... Read more
Late last year, after WikiLeaks began releasing its trove of State Department cables, many individuals sought to show solidarity with the group by making a donation. They found, however, tha... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Last week, I wrote about the fascinating panel discussion about Wikileaks I attended, which had Daniel Ellsberg (of Pentagon Papers fame), Clay Shirky, Roy Singham, Peter... Read more
Image via Wikipedia I’m not often a huge fan of panel discussions, since it’s tough to get together enough people who really have something interesting to say. However, I was def... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Wow, what a week. Mike has planned a pretty cool little weekly feature, asking a different regular Techdirt reader to highlight their favorite posts of the week, and he... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Wikileaks has provoked the dream of Iceland becoming a haven for whistle-blowing Iceland could become a “journalism haven” if a proposal put forward by some I... Read more